Special Issue: vBulletin Launch!!

First, I'd like to thank all of you for your patience during the move. :) And welcome you to the vBulletin version of our beloved site. We hope the new features will impress and please everyone. :D

I'd also like to thank our awesome team! Terra spent hours and hours and hours on end to get this site up and ready for everyone to enjoy. Fuzzy made sure that when we got here, we would have some of the familiar comforts of the themes we had at the old MH site. NJT my fellow admin and father of this site, spent as much time here as he could, doing whatever that needed to be done so we could reopen as soon as possible. And lastly (and definitely not least), I'd like say a BIG THANK YOU and much love for our awesome moderators, Allashandra, bax, des, eni, Ayah, Predator, Dragonzair, ttxdragon, TamerLane and LadyHatake who, many of them worked around the clock and helped in any way they could to get this site back up and running! We couldn't have done it without them. So make sure to give them lots of love and thanks for all their hard work!! :glomp

And I'd like to say, while we are opening back up, and most of the forums have been cleaned, we are still working on things, so there will be some bumps along the way. So if you notice anything amiss with the site, please let us know! You'll also probably need to update your profile and edit your signature/avatar. Also your username is now your registered name. vB does not allow you to have 2 names like SMF so your display name and your login name are one and the same. If you would like to change your name you can post in this thread.

For those of you that haven't been able to log in yet, YOU WILL NEED TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD which will be done through your email (the one you are registered with for this site). Just follow the link and have a new password sent to your email. For the 150 or so of you that registered while we were in the midst of our move (if you registered while there was only 1 board open to posting) then you will need to re-register as your user information didn't get imported to the new site. If you've logged in and you still get the permission errors, first MAKE SURE YOUR ACCOUNT IS ACTIVATED!!! If that still doesn't solve your problems, Contact Us via email. Please do NOT create a dupe!!

One thing we were able to do, after switching to vB is the prefix thread feature which allowed us to get rid of many of the childboards that were just cluttering up the site. At the bottom of the board, after the list of threads, you'll see a box that allows you to sort the threads. One of the options is to sort by prefix. Another thing you can do is in the drop down for Prefix: you can chose what prefix to view or all. A little more detailed explanations can be found here, along with some information on where some of the boards went. ^^

We will try to come out with some good FAQs for you as soon as we can explaining how to get around this site and more on the prefix threads, but in the meanwhile, the built-in vB FAQ is a great resource. There's a convenient link located near the top of the page.

And lastly, we now have 2 versions of the site going. The regular version with the integrated mkportals (which is what you're used to with the side navigational menu and everything. And the "stripped" version without mkportals integrated.

Thank you for all your hardwork: Winterlion, Allashandra, bax, des, eni, Ayah, Predator, Dragonzair, ttxdragon, TamerLane and LadyHatake
The forum looks good, but i rather like the old server. it just looks better.

Thank you for all your hardwork: Allashandra, winterlion, bax, des, eni, Ayah, Predator, Dragonzair, ttxdragon, TamerLane and LadyHatake.
The fourm looks good, but i rather recommend the other forum looks better.

[quote=thegreatest06;334827]could sum one delete my repeated posts.[/quote]
done^^
[quote=thegreatest06;334832]thank u terra. i wanted to know if theres gonna be a RSS feed.
and also how do i delete my post.[/quote]
The rss feed will be added in a bit^^
I got the posts for you, no worries~

Thanks to everyone that helped get this site back up and running and in working order but especially to Terra.
Seriously though, thanks to one and all that not only keep this site up and running but to those that contribute to it in a myriad of ways.

Thanks for the echelon of MH! From the ones who footed the bills, the ones with sleepless nights making the transition, the ones still fixing the bumps ahead.... thank you all! :kkthumbs
Where can we post bugs/bumps/suggestions/inquiries on this new format?

[quote=Entil`Zha;334875]Thanks for the echelon of MH! From the ones who footed the bills, the ones with sleepless nights making the transition, the ones still fixing the bumps ahead.... thank you all! :kkthumbs
Where can we post bugs/bumps/suggestions/inquiries on this new format?[/quote]
Posting in here will be fine :)

thanks....
ok, will the custom nick (different from the username) will have to be requested like the custom title?
re: pm
does the vbulletin format not show/list the contents of pm's like at smf before? like we have to click each link to read pm's? and i can't seen to move my sent messages to another folder for archive purposes due to my first statement above...
fyi, this is my first vbulletin forum....

ow yeah i forgot to ask(i already did but didnt actually post) could any mods change my nicks to thegreatest07 if your not busy. cos i cant find the place where i could, like the other one on the other server.

I agree with Eagle :D
BIG thx everyone, Terra, Fuzzy, admins, mods xD Your job is really appreciated. And furthermore, it's like the same MH like it was, with minor differnces in look also ^^ (but I know that it was hard job doing it like it is) xD Once again thx ^^

[quote=_-_YsY_-_;334936]why isnt my posts showing[/quote]
Sorry about that^^ The lot of us are still quite new to vB and so yeah, some of the settings weren't set right, and it required us to check all the posts being done in here... anyways, things should be ok now^^... I hope (goes to read the other questions and answer*
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[quote=Entil`Zha;334924]thanks....
ok, will the custom nick (different from the username) will have to be requested like the custom title?
re: pm
does the vbulletin format not show/list the contents of pm's like at smf before? like we have to click each link to read pm's? and i can't seen to move my sent messages to another folder for archive purposes due to my first statement above...
fyi, this is my first vbulletin forum....[/quote]
Yeah, requesting your name change will be just like your custom title, meaning you'll need to request it.
And yeah, vB shows your PM as links, and not all open like it used to be in SMF. Just click on a link to read it. Are you having problems reading your PMs now?

re: pm's
can open them, just getting used to not seeing/previewing them all like smf....
thanks....
re: double posts
can vB automatically merge double posts like SMF? would have loved to get that feature back... if not what will be the policy for double posts?
re: rss
vBulletin is also rss capable right? hope it will also be reimplemented....

[quote=mangadictus;334983]Welcome back! :XD 1 Q tho, how can i edit my screenname? iv gone over the CP 3 times but i cant find it. if its still under works, you can just delete this post :D[/quote]
[url]http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10285[/url]

hmm I don't know where to post, so I post it here ^^
1. It's a bug, or some topics are really closed. I didnt saw any answer to that, so forgive me if it was mentioned ^^"
2. I read fast faq, and I didn't see my thought, so I will ask: is possible in vbulletin to see only topics in which I posted?
thx in advance for reply :D

[quote=juUnior;335019]
2. I read fast faq, and I didn't see my thought, so I will ask: is possible in vbulletin to see only topics in which I posted?
thx in advance for reply :D[/quote]
Should be part of the subscribtion options in the User CP under User Options.
Great job on getting the site back up! Thanks for all the hard work!

[quote=juUnior;335019]1. It's a bug, or some topics are really closed. I didnt saw any answer to that, so forgive me if it was mentioned ^^"[/quote]
Which topics? o.O
[quote=juUnior;335019]is possible in vbulletin to see only topics in which I posted?[/quote]
You can subscribe threads and whole boards and then view these threads (see Quick Links). You can even sort them into custom folders in your User CP.
Basicly you can subscribe threads manually (then you don't even need to post in them) or you can auto-subscribe whenever you post somewhere. The setting for this is in your User CP :)

For example hisshouburaiken translation of FMA 69, or Vhea's art picture with cover from Naruto 345. It shows me, thats its closed, and I cant reply to that.
And thx Eni and kisit for answering about subscription ^^

[quote=juUnior;335027]For example hisshouburaiken translation of FMA 69, or Vhea's art picture with cover from Naruto 345. It shows me, thats its closed, and I cant reply to that.[/quote]
Hm, checked it. They were closed by accident. Seems that our staff has to get used to this board first, heh :sweat
I opened both again. If you find more threads that obviously shouldn't be locked just let us know, thank you^^

[quote=e-s-g;335170]This is a return to vBulletin isn't it?
I remember when I first joined this site and I coulda sworn it was vBulletin back then. :)[/quote]
we did however have a poll seeing if we wanted to use vB^^
OH! and I also made a theme back in the early days that looked just like NF's forum, so that's probably what you are thinking of :).

[quote=njt;335184]we did however have a poll seeing if we wanted to use vB^^
OH! and I also made a theme back in the early days that looked just like NF's forum, so that's probably what you are thinking of :).[/quote]
Yeah, that's probably it, I remember that. :)
Oh, and thanks for correcting me Ayah. :)

Great work.
I run a forum myself and we moved to vBulletin a year ago. But the size of my forum is probably just 10&#37; of one MangaHelpers is and it was already very troublesome for me.
So I can imagine the work that you guys must have put for the move.
And from my personal experience, vBulletin is far superior to any other forum software like phpBB or Invision. So, great choice, great work, great team, great website!

[quote=inana;335257]Am i the only one who can't see the control panel on the left?[/quote]
You're not the only one. It seems that the sidebar is still buggy and is being fixed. I was surprised that we were able to include the sidebar at all when we reopened MH because I was expecting it to be added later after we went live. If you really need to access your control panel and not the navigational links, click User CP at the top.
[quote=kyubisharingan;335247]thanks for yalls hard work guys! man, its tough with MH online....so, will we still be able to change the "theme" of the site? like, change the color etc?[/quote]
Terra speaks the truth. It's at the bottom left actually. We haven't put all the themes the old forum had (a few were default themes that came with SMF), but we have Fuzzy, Dark, and Light :amuse
[quote=_-_YsY_-_;335243]i noticed that our post count has decreased ?
why is that[/quote]
If you posted in the old forum after we added the MAJOR SITE NEWS board and disabled posting to everywhere except that (which I recall you did), your new posts were not imported here. Otherwise, you would have to wait even longer with no forum at all. On the other hand, we could have chosen not to leave the old forum semi-open while we were fixing this up, but we know you guys wouldn't want that.

excuse me people im new in mangahelpers i just registered but i cant see the image gallery ... befor i registerd i could see them but now i cant , ( excuse me again i know im complitely out of the subject , but i cant find answers anywer , pleaz) tell were is stored the image gallery , is it deleted ?
[ayah]The Spoiler Discussion Thread is not the right place to discuss this. I'm moving this post, then I'll answer.[/ayah]

The image gallery is not deleted. It was taken down by the tech staff, and they're most likely trying to make it work alongside vBulletin. Same goes with the sidebar, the news bar, and even the front page.

Good, forums are back. :D
Need to get used to this forum's style now..
(Though I can't find the smilies? Not really important, but.. ) My bad. Posting editor options.. So, similes isn't a problem.
Thanks to the staffs for what they've done.
Edit again:
The only thing I don't like is that in forums, it doesn't show total number of pages when there are too many. Only 1,2,3 .. last. I just like to know the number of pages in total..

I like the old one better, but i have to make do with what you guys have since this is the coolest forum ive seen, im sure you did the change for a reason, you might have even posted it somewhere but i dont read anything but the top that said "NARUTO ??? RAW OUT!!"
hehe good times good times. oh well congrats on getting everything back online you guys did good getting it to look the same! :)

[quote=SilveryShadows;335339]Good, forums are back. :D Need to get used to this forum's style now..
(Though I can't find the smilies? Not really important, but.. )
Thanks to the staffs for what they've done.[/quote]
If you reply by clicking Post Reply instead typing at Quick Reply, you'll find the smilies in there. There's even a popup full of smilies when you click More inside the box of smilies, kind of like the old forum. I don't know if the smilies would appear in Quick Reply depending on your settings. Mine is at standard. This could be changed through Edit Options, which is accessible when you click either Quick Links or User CP. Of course, it's faster when you choose Quick Links :D
[quote=narutimateguy;335341]I like the old one better, but i have to make do with what you guys have since this is the coolest forum ive seen, im sure you did the change for a reason, you might have even posted it somewhere but i dont read anything but the top that said "NARUTO ??? RAW OUT!!"
hehe good times good times. oh well congrats on getting everything back online you guys did good getting it to look the same! :)[/quote]
We did post the reason why we had to make this change in the old forum, complete with a link to it from the news bar :p

So, I finally got onto the vBulliten site (thanks to whichever mod gave me the permissions).
However I cannot see the sidebar, and I also lack the ability to see my scan group's subforum, which had me quite distressed at first.
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Also, HTML is disabled my sig (is that a new thing?)

Maybe someday we can get back the awesome top box that we had on SMF.
[url]http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2507/20070315190633mm6.jpg[/url]
But overall, the vB switch was painless. Except for the sidebar, I am in serious pain without my sidebar.
Love to the mods!!!
also, the older site now seems to redirect here no matter what, otherwise I would've posted this there.

I like the new Terra glass skin, very nice combination of blue shades. I'm glad the change over was so quick and I look forward to having all the old features reintegrated back in (if it's possible).
One question:
Why do some members, like me, have there custome titles in Japanese? No complaint about it, jsut wondering is all.

[quote=Sai_the_Shaman;335379]I like the new Terra glass skin, very nice combination of blue shades. I'm glad the change over was so quick and I look forward to having all the old features reintegrated back in (if it's possible).
One question:
Why do some members, like me, have there custome titles in Japanese? No complaint about it, jsut wondering is all.[/quote]
It's your rank in japanese, then romanized japanese, then english

As it's been mentioned before the navigation bar in the side has been turned off for the time being because we're experiencing some problems with it. We will have it back up as soon as possible.
[quote=skywalker6705;335376]Maybe someday we can get back the awesome top box that we had on SMF.
[url]http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2507/20070315190633mm6.jpg[/url]
But overall, the vB switch was painless. Except for the sidebar, I am in serious pain without my sidebar.
Love to the mods!!!
also, the older site now seems to redirect here no matter what, otherwise I would've posted this there.[/quote]
The top box you're asking about is the shoutbox? If it is, it's part of mkportals, and will be back at the same time as the sidebar.
The old site has been closed and will now redirect here.
[quote=Sai_the_Shaman;335379]I like the new Terra glass skin, very nice combination of blue shades. I'm glad the change over was so quick and I look forward to having all the old features reintegrated back in (if it's possible).
One question:
Why do some members, like me, have there custome titles in Japanese? No complaint about it, jsut wondering is all.[/quote]
[quote=skywalker6705;335386]It's your rank in japanese, then romanized japanese, then english[/quote]
The custom titles are the same as user ranks. ^^ We thought to be a little more creative and give some JP names instead of just "Newbie" "Jr. Member" etc. ^^

actually I was wondering more about the user profile bar that went across the top. Avatar, Show unread posts, etc. Not a huge deal, it was just nice to be greeted by myself on every page.
I didn't see the note about the sidebar, sorry. I thought maybe I was doing it wrong since earlier I was locked out, and currently can't get into my groups HQ. (Franky House HQ).
Just migration issues. Thanks WL you rock! :luffy

:wtf
Things are working great for me now, and I know you guys are ontop of things. Thanks to all the mods and everyone who worked on porting the site over. I know how hellish it can be, so I only hope it was easier on you than it has been on others. Anything the users can do to help, I'd love to try.

Whoah, the sidebars back, I was just here hours ago, and this forum actually doesnt look like a vbulletin forum, wow you guys made it look even better than the original one, congrats, like naruto and sakura say a thousand times in shippuuden 1, this is so nostalgic!

yeahlthis new type forum are great.congratulation to all admin and other person that involved in this modification from SMF to vbulletin.what i can say is,you guys manage to up new forum within a few days only.what a great job.so,
THANK YOU!!.^^

is there an equivalent to....
[color=Red]Warning! While you were posting somebody else has posted a reply.
[/color]
here at vB? i'll kinda miss that especially on raw days.... :D
also thanks for the creative custom title! so i guess there'll be no custom titles/caption/personalized text described here....
[url]http://mangahelpers.com/forums/faq.php?faq=vb_user_maintain#faq_vb_custom_status[/url]
from the faq....
what about the attatchment feature? is it implemented? and the "censoring" feature?

Just a reminder to everyone: [sizeptpt=12][color=red]Don't forget to thank [user]Terra[/user]!![/color][/sizept] Without him, this move wouldn't have been possible, and he spent more hours than he should in front of his pc to fix all the major bugs so we could reopen as soon as possible! If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be live yet. So make sure give him lots of love and an extra special big thank you!
All site problems can now be posted in the [url=http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10323]Problems with the site?[/url] thread. Thanks!!

[quote=thegreatest07;334843]i also wanted to know how i can delete and lock my own post. without bugging the mods
seems that we have a mini rss feed[/quote]
Click edit>delete post.
Sorry if anyone has already replied to this,haven't read the other 8 pages.
THANKS TERRA

:woot thx for keeping this site alive without trouble.
i miss my profile with avatar and some info like unread, total time etc...i hope u'll take n put it back again. i'll be glad with that.... so thank u very much, Terra!!!!
peace, DraiGoks

[quote=mageofdeath;335805]two things I'd like to know will the random art be back?
and is the main rss feed gonna get fixed?[/quote]
yeah, we're trying to get the rss feed fixed, and the random art will also have to come a bit later... sorry guys :s

I appreciate all the hardwork you put into this move! A site update of this magnititude is difficult enough, but you managed to preserve all the posts and information. AMAZING. :) Thank you so much for continuing to provide such a quality website and forum.

I see many:
[quote]Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request [url=http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php]GET /forums/showthread.php[/url].
Reason: Error reading from remote server
[/quote]
Difficult to read threads, and post messages.

I just wanted to say Thanks to all those who put in a lot of time to convert the website! I have been lurking for about a year but decided it was time to join. I actually like that I can find more of the manga that I didn't know existed on this site. :D

There's been some changes made to the placements of the boards in the forums, so for your convenience, I've tried to summarize the biggest changes in [url=http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=337368]this thread[/url]. If you have questions about where some of the boards went, please read that first and then post there if the first post doesn't answer your question. ^^ Hope that helps.

I know I'm practically spamming the thread with this, but I came back today, and all the features are up and working! I can't think of a single thing I need that's missing. Thank you to Terra and all the other mods/admins involved in this. MH is unstoppable because of your indomitable spirit!

[quote=njt;334829]Peeps, the person that got most of this site working is Terra, give him some love... or feel the wrath of all admins and mods :p[/quote]
Then special thanks to Terra, and of course thanks again to all the hard work put in by everyone working around the clock to complete this move! :)